Improved truss-pad



@Luiten tete garnet @fritte` THOMAS ST. CLAIR FERRISS, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. Letters .Patent No. 68,428, dated September 3, 1867.

1MPRovED-TRUss-PAD.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY- CONCERN:

B e it known that I, THOMAS ST. CLAIR FERRISS, of Nashville, State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Truss-Buttons; and I declare the following tobe a full, true, and exactdescription nl' the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 represents a plan-view of the button.

Figure 2 is a section view of the same.

Figure 3 is an inverted view. l

'lheinature of rny invention consists in'custing` a button in the peculiar shape represented, with a. perforated wooden core, for the purpose of retaining any medicated or healing substance.

The'manner of making my button is as follows: I rst shape any porous wood similar to the form of the button. I then puncture or perforate the core in half a dozen or more placesy-then place the core in the mould, and ca-st the metal or button. When cold I remove the button and perforate it through and through in any desired number of places, as seen in the drawing. The button is then secured to a truss by means of'a screw, the holes a a a a, in iig. 3, being for this purpose. The .medicated or healing substance may then be introduced. Hard rubber could be used, withsponge inserted, to retain the medicated substance, but I prefer the metal and wood, as it is much more cleanly and inodorous. I I I My button is designed to beapplied to any kind of a truss. I

Having thus described my` invention, uhnt I claim, and desire to 'secure by Letters Patent, is

Providing a truss-button or pad with a, perforated Wooden core, as and for the purpose specified.

Witnesses:

T. H. ALEXANDER, V. D. STOCKBRIDGE. 

